Lay It Down: live the life JESUS has always wanted
Growing Out: From Disciples to Disciplers — a path to spiritual maturity that GETS you there
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Don’t Hate Me Because I Tweet
- Getting from the Pastoral to the Personal wp.me/p1vx82-r0 21 hours ago
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- Let's Get Scriptural: Read Acts 1:6-11. Stop for a few moments and try to picture this: One minute Jesus is right... fb.me/TAcZ1Yc0 1 day ago
- Eph. 2:10 -- Let's face it: We’re all “pieces of work” in some way. And yet, all of us are also works in progress. facebook.com/pages/Lay-It-D… 2 days ago
- Let's Get Scriptural (and a bit meditative): Read Revelation 19:5-10. Put yourself in the middle of this... fb.me/FAEHhwrB 2 days ago
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- Between 2 Trees… — Justin Morrisroe
- Bill Mallonee — Songs for the Journey and Beyond
- Clever Phrase Here — Amber Van Schooneveld
- Created for Community — Rob Bentz
- If I Blogged…. — Christopher Heuertz
- Josh Hunt
- Keith Meyer
- LarrysShallenberger.com
- Next Level Worship — Dwayne Moore
- Pure Purpose — Susan Lawrence
- Shawn Vander Lugt
- Sunny Side Up (not scrambled) — Linda Crawford
- The Heart of a Warrior — Greg Bourgond
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Tag Archives: identity in Christ
Who We Are, Where We’re Going, and How We Get There
(or: How I Spent My Extended Summer Vacation, 2011 version) Buckle up, friends—this’un’s gonna be almost as autobiographical as informative. But the back story does inform the official one. So bear with me…. For the final 4 1/2 years I was … Continue reading
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Gospel Identity Small Group Resource
Reblogged from Confessions of a Futon Reformer: At this year’s General Assembly of the PCA, I received a preview copy of New Growth Press’s small group materials. I was excited because I am a big fan of New Growth Press … Continue reading
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Pick It Up—Put It On—Walk It Out — a small-group session
This session is based upon the following past devotionals—scroll down as needed: Pick Up Yr Cross Pick Up Yr New Life Put on Your New Self Put on Eternity Walk It Out For this session, you’ll need…. • 1 old, … Continue reading
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Put on Your New Self
Whatever we truly do for God, it is Christ in us. Whatever holiness we have is not ours to take credit for, but Christ’s to be glorified with. And even then it is not what Christ does, but Who Christ … Continue reading
Learning to Live Out of Our Identity
Basically, what we have here is a book about finding, and resting in, our identity in Christ, and you can never have enough books like that out there. And for the record: We don’t. David M. Showers. Ten Steps to … Continue reading
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Who Are You… Really?
I’d like you answer our title question right now. Who are you and what are you about? There’s one catch, though: You can’t mention what you do. No mention of jobs, hobbies, volunteer work—any kind of accomplishment or activity. Go! … Continue reading
Lay Down Your Old Life: a small-group session
Told you today would be different. You shouldn’t need to read through the devotionals that go with this study—I’ve tried to make this pretty self-contained—but should you want to anyway, they’ll be in bits and pieces under the following names: … Continue reading
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Lay Down Your Old Identity… part 2
Perhaps the most difficult part of laying it down is the most basic—laying down who we’ve been, in order to become the people God created us to be. Many Christians today believe—or at least live as if they believed—that Jesus … Continue reading
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Uncovering Our Blind Spots
Think about your last trip down the highway… the last time you tried to switch lanes, then suddenly had to swerve back because someone in your blind spot was coming up, fast. Not a great feeling, was it? You know, … Continue reading
Lay Down Your Old Identity: a handful of fragments
You will not become the person God intended you to be until you’ve laid down the things He has not intended. But you can start now. This laying-down thing takes a lifetime—and God will guide us into next things that … Continue reading
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